Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES IN0043435
LINDE INC. - BURNS HARBOR, Chesterton, IN: NPDES IN0043435 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 8Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 5Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
LINDE INC. - BURNS HARBOR, held by LINDE INC. - BURNS HARBOR FACILITY, holds NPDES permit IN0043435, which discharges to Lt Calumet R To Lake Michigan. EPA’s file records it issued November 30, 2016 and expiring February 28, 2022. The status and dates are as EPA’s permit file stood when Velarion loaded it (September 15, 2026); EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO carries the permit’s current standing.
Identity
| Facility as filed | LINDE INC. - BURNS HARBOR |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | LINDE INC. - BURNS HARBOR FACILITY |
| NPDES ID | IN0043435 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | November 30, 2016 |
| Expiration date | February 28, 2022 |
| Issuing agency | IDEM |
| Address | Chesterton, IN 46304 |
| Receiving water | LT CALUMET R TO LAKE MICHIGAN |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Coffee Creek-East Arm Little Calumet River (HUC 040400010403) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 10Pollutants on file
- 8Under a numeric limit
- 9With a violation of any kind
- 5With an effluent exceedance
An effluent exceedance is a discharge monitoring report value over the permit’s numeric limit (EPA’s violation code E90). A violation of any kind also counts a report not filed. Each row is EPA’s own count for that pollutant.
| Pollutant or measure | Limits | Violations, any kind | Effluent exceedances | Latest exceedance | Largest exceedance, as filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solids, total suspended | 2 | 44 | 32 | March 31, 2025 | 300% over the limit |
| Chlorine, total residual | 4 | 34 | 15 | July 31, 2026 | 1,900% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 27 | 9 | May 31, 2004 | |
| Oil & Grease | 0 | 25 | 7 | November 30, 2005 | 150% over the limit |
| Zinc, total [as Zn] | 0 | 7 | 1 | February 29, 1996 | 40% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 14 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 2 | 13 | 0 | ||
| Flow, total | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Oil and grease, hexane extr method | 4 | 0 | 0 |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES limits and effluent violations files (ECHO download); up to 60 rows shown, most exceedances first.
Inspections, violations and enforcement
- 0Single-event violations
EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES IN0043435.
Velarion’s copy of EPA’s ICIS-NPDES files does not include the inspections, formal enforcement actions and informal enforcement actions files, so this page shows none of them. EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO lists this permit’s inspections, enforcement actions and penalties.
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES violation, inspection and enforcement files (ECHO download); up to 50 rows of each shown, newest first.
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Figures from EPA’s ICIS-NPDES download, loaded September 15, 2026.